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<h2>Political Behavior of College Students</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Survey of political activity for Grinnell College students
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataset with 59 observations on the following 9 variables.
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    <code>Year</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Class year (1 to 4)</td>
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    <code>Sex</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> <code>0</code>=male or <code>1</code>=female</td>
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    <code>Vote</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Voting status: <code>0</code>=not eligible, <code>1</code>=eligible/not registered, <code>2</code>=registered/didn't vote, <code>4</code>=voted</td>
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    <code>Paper</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Read news (per week): <code>0</code>=never, <code>1</code>=less than once, <code>2</code>=once, <code>3</code>=2 or 3 times, <code>4</code>=daily</td>
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    <code>Edit</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Read editorial page? <code>0</code>=no or <code>1</code>=yes</td>
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    <code>TV</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Watch TV news: <code>0</code>=never, <code>1</code>=less than once, <code>2</code>=once, <code>3</code>=2 or 3 times, <code>4</code>=daily</td>
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    <code>Ethics</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Politics should be ruled by: <code>1</code>=ethical considerations to <code>5</code>=practical power</td>
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    <code>Inform</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> How informed are you about politics?  <code>1</code>=uninformed to <code>5</code>=very well informed</td>
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    <code>Participate</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Missing if Vote=0, <code>0</code> if Vote=1 or 2, <code>1</code> if Vote=3</td>
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<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Students Jennifer Wolfson and Meredith Goulet conducted
a survey in the spring of 1992 of Grinnell College students to ascertain patterns of political behavior.
They took a simple random sample of 60 students who were U.S. citizens and conducted
phone interviews. Using several &quot;call backs&quot; they obtained 59 responses.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Student survey at Grinnell College
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